JAPAN has executed the man who brutally murdered eight women and one man – aged between 15 and 26 – after luring them to his ...

As Japan continues to struggle with rice shortages and rising prices, it wastes up to 4 tons of the grain every day—and ...

TSU -- A group of photo stores in central Japan's Mie Prefecture will conduct a "photo memorial service" at a temple here on June 1, designated as "ph ... Koichi Nakao, 70, ...

NAHA -- This Okinawa Memorial Day, June 23, marks the 30th anniversary since the "Cornerstone of Peace" monument was erected ...

A 51-year-old man who was wanted on suspicion of killing his 92-year-old father and injuring his 55-year-old sister has been found dead in Gunma Prefecture, police said Sunday, adding they believe the ...

The mayor of the city of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture announced on June 16 that he was issued a ticket while driving, and ...

Female members of a prefectural hunting association, going by the name "hunter girls," studiously dissect a wild boar, in the city of Koka, Shiga Prefecture. (Koichi Nishimura) KOKA, Shiga -- A ...

TOKUSHIMA -- The population in Tokushima Prefecture in western Japan has dropped below 680,000, shrinking to a level in the 1920s, according to the pr ...